Join fibre artist Sarah Richards on this day workshop to learn how to needle a medieval marginalia.

In this workshop, Sarah will show you how bring to life the bizarre, playful, and often hilarious creatures found in medieval manuscripts through the craft of needle felting. In this unique needle felting class, you will use a special barbed needle and pure wool to create curious beasts and oddball characters, that monks once doodled in the margins of illuminated texts. You will be using the hares and rabbits of marginalia as inspiration.

Sarah will be on hand to demonstrate how to build a wool structure. You will learn how to add shapes together, colours and details to craft the weird and wonderful of the Middle Ages, and step into the margins of history.

You will leave this workshop with a 3D wool sculpture, and a new appreciation for medieval humour.

Tutor: Sarah Richards
Date & Time: Wednesday 29th October, 10am - 4pm
Venue: Brush Studio, New Brewery Arts
Price: £95 (£0.00 VAT)

Please note that this workshop is for those aged 18 and over.

You are welcome to bring a lidded bottle of water with you but we kindly ask that you do not bring food into the studio.

Refreshments are available at our on-site café Blend until 4pm.

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Who is this workshop for?
This class is suitable for beginners and intermediate.

What you will need:
All materials and equipment are provided.

Accommodation: 
Residential option available. Find out about our accommodation, costs and how to book here.

Meet Your Tutor - sarah richards

Sarah is a fibre artist, designer, maker and tutor; based in the Cotswolds. She combines her love of teaching with a passion for natural fibres; and offers workshops that tap into the therapeutic and mindful benefits of creating with wool.

Sarah discovered needle felting over 15 years ago, and is still finding new things to make, and new techniques to try. Felting offers endless opportunities to sculpt, decorate and embellish; and each and every object she or her students create is unique.

Working with fibre usually throws up surprises, is sometimes challenging, but always rewarding. Inspiration comes from the natural world and particularly its colours: as wool takes dye so easily, it is the ‘paint’ on a felter’s palette. The variety offered by this medium is also very pleasing: different fibres give particular effects; with wool locks and curls bringing texture and form to both 2D and 3D pieces.

Sarah loves to combine mixed media elements into her work, sometimes repurposing vintage and recycled materials and fabrics.